1958-59 Parkhurst 27 Bert Olmstead Hockey Card (Front)
1958-59 Parkhurst 27 Bert Olmstead Hockey Card (Back)
1958-59 Parkhurst NHL Checklist
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Card Notes
Everyone hopes that Bert Olmstead will bring the drive and experience that the Leafs require to make the play-offs this year. Bert is the driving type of player at left wing who doesn’t give up after he shoots. He drives in and tries to work that puck out in front of the net for his centre man to score. He is a fighter and backs up to no one. With Montreal Canadiens for the last seven seasons he has been one of their steady goal-scorers. In 1955-56 he set a record for assists for the NHL by assisting on 56 goals.
En Français
Chacun espère que Bert Olmstead apportera l’énergie et l’expérience dont les Leafs ont besoin pour jouer les seconds matchs cette année. Bert est un joueur du type enfonceur à l’aile gauche, et il ne cède pas après qu’il a lancé. Il s’élance et essaie de placer la rondelle en avant du filet pour permettre à son homme du centre de marquer. Il combat et ne retraite devant personne. Il fut avec les Canadiens de Montréal pendant les sept dernières années, et fut un marqueur de buts régulier. En 1955-56, il établit un record pour les assists dans la LN, en assitant sur 56 buts.
Details
Bert Olmstead continued in Toronto where he left off with Montreal, scoring at a steady pace for four years with the Maple Leafs before calling it a career. In 1960-61, he scored a career high 18 goals for the Buds. In his final NHL season, 1961-62, Olmstead helped the Maple Leafs capture the Stanley Cup title, beating the Chicago Blackhawks in the final. it was the fifth Stanley Cup win of his career.
His record 1955-56 season mentioned on the back of the card was helped by two 4 assist games. The first was on November 5, 1955 against the Boston Bruins at the Montreal Forum. Bert assisted on all four goals in a 4-2 win. All four were scored by Jean Beliveau. This was a bit of an infamous game because three of Beliveau’s goals came on the same powerplay, prior to a rule change that allowed a player out of the penalty box if the opponent scored (we look at the closer in this Facebook post).
The other game in 1955-56 when Olmstead had four assists occurred on December 20, 1955 against the Chicago Blackhawks at the St. Louis Arena, a neutral site. In a 7-1 Montreal win, Bert assisted on two goals by Maurice Richard and two by Bernie Geoffrion.
Between 1948-49 and 1961-62, Bert Olmstead played 848 regular season and 115 playoff games in the National Hockey League with the Chicago Blackhawks, Montreal Canadiens and Toronto Maple Leafs. He was inducted into the Hockey Hall of fame in 1985.